- O embaixador de Angola na Suíça e representante de Luanda junto das Nações Unidas em Genebra, João Filipe Martins, morreu na terça-feira, vítima de doença prolongada, informou a ONU.
O diplomata estava internado no Hospital Cantonal de Genebra há cerca de três semanas, informou o adido de imprensa da missão de Angola em Genebra, José Ribeiro.
João Filipe Martins, 62 anos, natural de Malange, concluiu os estudos primários no Centro Missionário do Quéssua, estudando no Liceu Salvador Correia em Luanda.
Em 1961 juntou-se à luta de libertação de Angola, estando envolvido na fuga, por via aérea, de um grupo de angolanos que acabou por ser detido depois na Nigéria.
Depois da independência, ocupou importantes funções políticas e diplomáticas, entre as quais as de ministro da Informação, conselheiro do presidente para Assuntos Económicos, embaixador na Jugoslávia, reitor da Universidade Agostinho Neto e vice-ministro da Educação para o Ensino Médio e Superior.
João Filipe Martins foi ainda director dos Assuntos Jurídicos e Consulares do Ministério das Relações Exteriores e governador da província de Malange.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
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